Now I have all the images. Let me compile the full transcription. [15^th July 1794 The Governor to The President —] [Compared] Sir I have the honor to transmit, for your informations copies of the various documents which I have received by express from General Gibson; stating, among other things, the proceedings of a Council, held at Fort Le Bœuf on the 26^th ult°. between Cap^t°. Denny and M^r. Elliot and a deputation from the Six Nations in the presence of Gen^l. Chapin. The requisition which has been made on this occasion, for the abandonment of a great portion of the territory of the State, is so extravagant, that we must suppose it to proceed from the instigation of a policy more hostile to the United States, than can reasonably be ascribed to the natural arrogance or enmity of the Indians themselves. It is a circumstance indeed, additionally mortifying, that no attempt was made, even to conceal the source from which the insult came: — M^r. Johnston the British Agent attended the Council. It will be obvious to your, Sir, that it is not in my power to authorize a compliance with the requisition, or to treat upon the subject. My duty calls upon me to execute the laws, and, in doing so, it will be incumbent on me to maintain not only ^the public claims of jurisdiction, but the private rights of property, throughout the State, against invasion and outrage. To that important purpose, I shall exert all the legal authority of my office; and I take this opportunity to request the co-operation of the general Government, as far as its Federal obligations will extend. The suspension of the Presqu'isle establishment has, probably, increased our difficulties. But after the information, which has just been received, I conceive that the essential interests of the state, the safety of its Citizens, and the preservation of its property, involved in the immediate prosecution of our object. and, I trust, that you will now find reason to concur in that opinion. I am, with perfect respect, Sir, Philadelphia } Your Excellency's 15^th. July 1794} Most obed^t Serv^t Thomas Mifflin To: The President of the United States [List of the documents above mentioned] — Copy of a Letter from General Gibson to the Governor dated July [undecipherable] d° — d° — Israel Chapin to the [undecipherable] dated [undecipherable] d° — d° — Ebenezer Denny to General Gibson — d° d° — d° — And° Elliott to the Governor — 29^th d° Extract of a Letter from Cap^t° Denny to the same — d° Proceedings of a Council with the Six Nations at Le Boeuf [undecipherable] Fort Le boeuf. June 27^th 1794 Sir I enclose to you a copy of a message which I received from the Six nations since our arrival here and also the Reply made to said message. The impertinence of the Agent of the U.S and of M^r. Johnson agent for the British & Indians, coming to this place to Order us off is among the most Extraordinary things I have ever [undecipherable]. Nothing but the fear of having our Supplies Stopped & destroyed and the place destroyed in that way, prevented us from acting as we I expect one would have been treated at a British post upon a similar occasion. We have always begun our business upon too contracted a scale, the present one only [undecipherable] Expose us — 750 good Rifle men from the Western Counties, a post to open a good wagon Road from Pitt to franklin (with very little trouble an excellent [undecipherable: probable reading 'road'] may be made, [strikethrough: that rather might go] straight from Campbells — An Equal number from the frontier Counties on your side the Allegeny to open another Road from the Waters of the Susquehanna to the [undecipherable: probable reading 'head'] of french Creek & the Road to be continued straight to this place (the present path is 18 miles round) and the 1500 man to [undecipherable] to Presqu'Isle would bring the Six Nations to a proper understanding. Fort franklin when we arrived there must be said to be besieged — the houses & Stores without the fort were all abandoned & the people & goods Stored & jumbled into the poor miserable fort — the gate was kept locked day & night — the Indians (for there were always a number about the plain) were very insulting, would fire at the flag, abuse the Gentlemen & attempted throwing Stones at them over the picket, however when we appeared they were relieved — we encamped close by the fort and before we marched off we took down the whole of the fort block house excepted & erected the work upon a new plan — there is but 20 invalids there & should that place have fallen we might have suffered — the Officer there thinks that Gen^l Knox does not intend to keep it in Repair — there were two white men killed two days before we arrived, they had left the fort & was 18 miles on the path towards [undecipherable] — The Deputation of Indians had one of Hutchins's Maps with their Lines marked — they commence at the Corn Planters Town, half french Creek below [undecipherable] & direction to the head of Cay[u]gas from there to Muskingum, down that River & the Ohio & out the Mississippi. I am with great respect [undecipherable] Sir yours most obe[dient] [undecipherable] [General William Irvine / Member of Congress / Carlisle] [Fort Le Boeuf June 27^th 1794 — second enclosure, largely illegible throughout]